Distributed active knowledge and process base allowing system elements to be shared within a collaborative framework
First Claim
1. A distributed knowledge and process base providing multiple-user access via a plurality of client devices to data, processes, and services, said base comprising:
- a plurality of distributed object technology systems (DOTS) communicating over a network and providing multi-level privilege-based access to a plurality of users via client devices, each of the DOTS having;
(a) a plurality of system elements including processes, data, and services to users; and
(b) system methods associated with all system elements enabling addition of new system elements and modification of the functionality and content of existing system elements;
said system methods also enabling;
(i) creation and modification of user roles defining default settings limiting access and available functions for the role;
(ii) assignment of roles to users and groups of users; and
(iii) selected overriding of the default settings for individual users and groups of users.
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Abstract
A distributed active knowledge and process base incorporates multiple Distributed Object Technology Systems (DOTS) connected over a network, the Internet, or wireless media to allow multiple types of data, processes, and services (system elements) to be created and modified within the same collaborative framework, and thereby permits data to be appropriately mapped to said processes, provides and updates periodically knowledge about available system elements and their values, allows separate systems to negotiate multiple forms of collaboration, and contains sufficiently flexible levels of data security in order to foster online collaboration.
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23 Claims
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1. A distributed knowledge and process base providing multiple-user access via a plurality of client devices to data, processes, and services, said base comprising:
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a plurality of distributed object technology systems (DOTS) communicating over a network and providing multi-level privilege-based access to a plurality of users via client devices, each of the DOTS having;
(a) a plurality of system elements including processes, data, and services to users; and
(b) system methods associated with all system elements enabling addition of new system elements and modification of the functionality and content of existing system elements;
said system methods also enabling;
(i) creation and modification of user roles defining default settings limiting access and available functions for the role;
(ii) assignment of roles to users and groups of users; and
(iii) selected overriding of the default settings for individual users and groups of users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A distributed knowledge and process base providing multiple-user access via a plurality of client devices to data, processes, and services, said base comprising:
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a plurality of distributed object technology systems (DOTS) communicating over a network and providing multi-level privilege-based access to a plurality of users via client devices, each of the DOTS having;
(a) a plurality of system elements including processes, data and services to users;
(b) a core having;
(i) an access controller providing privilege-based access by users to the system elements; and
(ii) a thematic search controller to search within a DOT and across a plurality of DOTS for system elements with selected parameters. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A distributed knowledge and process base providing multiple-user access via a plurality of client devices to data, processes, and services, said base comprising:
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a plurality of distributed object technology systems (DOTS) communicating over a network and providing multi-level privilege-based access to a plurality of users via client devices, each of the DOTS having;
(a) a plurality of system elements including processes, data, and services to users; and
(b) a core wherein system methods associated with system elements are consistently defined across all of the DOTS to enable addition of new system elements and modification of the functionality and content of existing system elements, creation and modification of user roles defining access limitations and available functions for the role, and assignment of roles to users and groups of users;
said core having;
(i) an access controller providing privilege-based access by users to the system elements; and
(ii) a thematic search controller to search within a DOT and across a plurality of DOTS for system elements with selected parameters. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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